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Down Cemetery Road review: Emma Thompson stars as an eccentric detective, but this show feels dead on arrival
Television: Illustrious cast wasted on Mick Herron adaptation with an implausible plot and an obnoxious lead character
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to stream in October
Including Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Boots, Loot, The Diplomat and Down Cemetery Road
Slow Horses returns: ‘Readers know by now I’m capable of killing off whoever is in danger,’ says creator Mick Herron
Mick Herron knows every character he jettisons spells the end for an actor too. That’s life, he says, as the Apple TV+ series returns and a new Slough House novel arrives
‘I’m the youngest of five, which has 100 per cent shaped who I am’
Úna Herlihy, founder and chief executive of the Indie List, an online talent-discovery company, is a very enthusiastic dragon boater
Emma Thompson says she ‘could have changed history’ if she had accepted date with Trump
Actor says now US president asked her for dinner on day her divorce was confirmed
Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack
Slattery was a regular on comedy shows Whose Line Is It Anyway? Just A Minute and Have I Got News For You
Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released
Fourth in series of comedies stemming from Helen Fielding novel will hit cinemas in February
Bridget Jones 4: Leo Woodall to join Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant for next instalment
Colin Firth will not return for the screen adaptation of Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel Mad About the Boy
What’s Love Got to Do With It?: Lily James explaining arranged marriage to Muslims – that’s a bit white-lensy
It is hard to tell where the satire is directed in Shekhar Kapur’s film
‘I exist between them’: Emma Thompson on living with her mother and daughter
‘When three generations of my family were together, I realised how we recalibrate each other’
Joanna Scanlan: ‘I felt like an embarrassed child running behind the elite pack’
Actor talks about Footlights, teaching, sage advice from doctor and new film After Love
Cruella: Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name
Unconvincing origin story reimagines puppy-killer as tween-friendly feminist
Poll-topper: Is this a film you’d watch and rewatch?
Four Weddings and a Funeral’s director says yes. Richard Curtis, its writer, prefers... Elf
Egypt frees three rights activists after widespread international condemnation
Amnesty International says Egypt executed 57 men and women in October and November, compared with 32 during all of 2019
Dolittle review: Worse than a bad movie, this is the low-point of every career involved
This ‘film’ doesn’t even have the good grace to be a bad movie. It’s far worse than that
Let’s be bold and dress for comfort at work
Dominic Cummings has taken flak for his unconventional attire – but maybe he’s right
‘I am completely obsessed with Irish women and feminism’
Scarlett Curtis on Saoirse Ronan, mental health and female activism
Ben Elton: ‘How am I going to say something when you can’t say anything?’
With his first tour in 15 years starting tonight in Dublin, the trailblazing comedian has some scores to settle
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated
The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland
Men in Black: International – You’ll need no help forgetting this one
Review: The movie’s only purpose is to reassure you of its own unnecessary existence
Alexa, what’s the story? Amazon’s new free audiobook offer
Weblog: You get three free books a month, but you don’t get to pick them or keep them
Tony Slattery: Something happened when I was very young. A priest. I was eight
His appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the 1990s made the son of Irish immigrants a comedy star. Then his life fell apart
How much more are you willing to pay for fuel to save the planet?
Chris Johns: No policy maker has been able to implement the changes eco-warriors want
More than 750 climate activists arrested in six days, say UK police
Extinction Rebellion protesters occupy London landmarks to call for climate action
Emma Thompson rallies climate change activists during London protest
Over 680 arrested as the Extinction Rebellion campaign group stages blockades
London climate protests block traffic in heart of the city
Campaign group Extinction Rebellion demands government declare climate emergecy
‘I can only do what feels right’: Emma Thompson goes public on John Lasseter
‘Centuries of entitlement’ is not going to change overnight, says the actor in an open letter
Kenneth Branagh: ‘The life of an actor? Strange men phone and offer you money’
The actor and director talks Shakespeare ‘trutherism’ and his working-class upbringing
What’s my birth plan? Simple: get out with me and baby alive
Good for you if you have your 12-page plan laminated, but best laid plans often end up on the floor like a queasy partner
Kate Beckinsale joins 60 celebrities calling for abortion rights in North
Claire Foy among actors signing letter urging decriminalisation of abortion in NI
The Children Act: Just let the film die, Emma Thompson
Review: Thommo just about rescues this silly adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel
Daniel Kokotajlo: ‘In the Jehovah’s Witnesses, family members are forced to shun each other’
Daniel Kokotajlo’s debut feature ‘Apostasy’ details a crisis of faith in the Witnesses. The 37-year-old has first-hand experience of the cult religion
Seven of the best TV shows to watch this week
Anthony Hopkins plays Lear, Gay Byrne takes a trip down memory lane and Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope comes to a friendship-wrecking close
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie
‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies
Saoirse Ronan joins actors and activists in Baftas protest
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Emma Thompson among 190 signatories of letter demanding end to abuse and inequality
Are we in danger of doing away with flirting, compliments, sex?
The lines between flirting and harassment are not as blurry as some people seem to be suggesting
Dakota Fanning: Women like to watch other women on screen
At just 23, Dakota Fanning is a Hollywood veteran - just don't expect her to go all Lindsay Lohan anytime soon
Writers on Jane Austen: ‘Who can think about men and keep a straight face?’
Today marks 200 years since the death of Jane Austen. Here seven writers discuss her extraordinary impact
Palm Dog goes to the pooch from The Meyerowitz Stories
Bruno the poodle from Noah Baumbach’s film is top dog of Cannes 2017
The Meyerowitz Stories: Adam Sandler give his best performance in a decade
Cannes 2017: Noah Baumbach's star-studded latest for Netflix is a welcome addition to his great comic oeuvre
Beauty and the Beast trailer: Emma Watson stars in live-action remake
First full-length trailer for the re-imagining of the classic animation – due in cinemas in March 2017 – has been released
Beauty and the Beast trailer seen by 92m, beats Star Wars record
Teaser breaks record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens which earned 88m views
Mother died nine days after routine surgery, inquest hears
Karen McCabe (46) suffered blood clot after undergoing procedure to remove varicose veins
Acclaimed British actor Alan Rickman dies aged 69
Hollywood star who shot to global acclaim as Hans Gruber in Die Hard was suffering from cancer
The Legend of Barney Thompson review: mother cuts to the quick
Robert Carlyle’s pitch-black murder comedy is a triumph for a deglamourised Emma Thompson, as the ultimate parent from hell
The Christmas wreath reinvented
The Informal Florist puts emphasis on unconventional, pared-back beauty
Men, Women and Children review: the Twitterati made me do it
Ansel Elgort, Adam Sandler and a big-name cast play it oh-so-serious in Jason Reitman’s latest
More than 600 attend People’s Climate Picnic in Dublin
Protest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate change
London Letter: Movement to protect urban trees takes root
As trees make way for developers, some Londoners have had enough
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